I hadn't realized until I looked at the boxscore, Nellie only played 8 guys tonight....pretty surprising, considering that Jackson was gone after the first quarter. So for the last 3 quarters, he only played 7 guys. A lot of heavy minutes, the guys have to get rested for Sunday now.

There were so many great plays in the game, but one of my favorites was the 360 move in the paint by Ellis!

lucky guess on the score...tremendous game. I was there. Crowd went berserk, and Baron was as good as I have seen him. Biedrins had strong game in some ways, but he sure has trouble boxing out and missed a few gimmes. Jason is playing within himself and very helpful to team and great to see Monta back. He is only 21! At the end, we were all hoping the ws would keep on scoring, because it was clear Arenas was going to light it up. As for the jackson controversy, I think what set him off was the 2nd T. Watching Monta's reaction, he couldn't believe Jax got called for the 2nd. the league will deny it as much as those lying sacks of **** in the white house deny they fired the prosecutors for political reasons, but I believe the refs are told to give certain players (Artest, Sheed, Jackson) Less than zero slack. Once jax got the 2nd T he lost it, but maybe not such a bad night for him to get tossed, since he had 4 turnovers in 7 minutes...No Josh, Azu, Cabbage or Adonal, seems like nelson has settled on 8 players for now...

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- Jackson's ejection was BS. Even on replay, the foul didn't look like it warranted a whistle at all. I'm sure SJax deserved his first technical (because he usually lets the ref's know when they screw up), but definately not his second. You should be able to voice your aggression to a teammate without worrying about the ref's being dicks about it. Jackson simply said something to Monta and the ref's tossed him out. It wasn't even like he was still in the referee's face; hell, he was probably JUST within ear-shot of the guy.

- Baron Davis unquestionably outplayed Gilbert Arenas. Gilbert's crazy ass, in equal time, netted 5 less points, 5 less rebounds, 2 less assists, and shot 20% worse from the field than Baron. Health aside, NOBODY should ever question who the better player is between those two. Crunch time was the best example: Gilbert tried to pick his team up by carrying them on his own, whereas Baron picked his team up by getting everyone into it (and sustaining the team's energy). Clearly, we're in better hands with Baron.

- Richardson and Monta are looking more and more like Baron's pupils every game. Those guys have busted out an arsenal of passing skills that nobody ever thought they'd be able to have last season. Though Monta's progressing nicely, Richardson's improvement is by far the best surprise. Scoring his usual 23, Jason can now pair 6 assists with that. Nelson's comment sure seems to have done the trick (God, that guy's brilliant).

- Harrington has been showing up less and less, as of late. He hasn't shot under 50% in 6 games... but he's been taking far fewer shots than usual (with decreased rebounding to boot). Lately, I've been totally forgetting about him when he's out of the game. Harrington still has 4 years left on that monster contract Indy gave him. If Big Al can't be the spotlight scorer, he needs to find a way to contribute more. He can't be a one-trick pony and expect to be a mainstay here. Like Monta, Richardson, Jackson, Biedrins, and Davis... Harrington needs to make an impact in at least two different categories.

Crazy game, the refs weren't biased, they just sucked. They were way too whistle happy. And what was with all the charge calls? It could have been 150-145 if they hadn't called a charge every time down the floor.

- Baron Davis unquestionably outplayed Gilbert Arenas. Gilbert's crazy ass, in equal time, netted 5 less points, 5 less rebounds, 2 less assists, and shot 20% worse from the field than Baron. Health aside, NOBODY should ever question who the better player is between those two. Crunch time was the best example: Gilbert tried to pick his team up by carrying them on his own, whereas Baron picked his team up by getting everyone into it (and sustaining the team's energy). Clearly, we're in better hands with Baron.

I disagree. This was Baron's best game of the season and just an average game for Arenas.

While I didn't get to see the SJax ejection, I have two thoughts on the matter. One, no one should be ejected from a game in the first quarter, uless you punch someone or knock down a ref. Yelling and bitching cannot get you two T's at the same time, it just should not work that way. Its too subjective and makes too much of a difference in the game when it comes that early.

Second, SJax was jinxed by the SJ Merc. On the front of their sports section, they ran an article about SJax and his 'passion' during the game. They talked about his T's and ejections as part of his game. Practically set him up.

In the end, it was a great game. I'm so thrilled they pulled out the win. The shortened bench was probably more a factor of the pace than Nellie creating a permanet in-game roster (though its not far off of that). Foyle, Cabbage, Powell would have been liabilities on the floor last night.